man, what a waste of effort for everyone involved Logan Lucky was. It's got all the trappings of a fun twist on the heist movie but there's just...nothing there
― Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
yeah the enthusiasm mystified me
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
This movie was like the opposite of an idiot plot - instead Channing Tatum pulls off the heist because he's a superhero who can do anything, including predict the future.
Part of the fun of a heist movie is learning the minutiae of the heist plan, then seeing how the characters react when the heist (inevitably) falls apart. In this movie, everything just *works* first time and there's no tension, except the odd incidental fun detail, like Seth Macfarlane getting punched in the face.
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
1/2 way thru the televised mosaic, p good.. i like devin ratray a lot; generally feels like a less gritty "the night of"; some dialogue is a lil overwritten but nontheless enjoyable imo
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:03 (six years ago) link
Unsane might be the culmination of a decade of his films. Actually kinda great.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 22 February 2018 00:37 (six years ago) link
UNSANE: so good it’s crazy. Soderbergh conjures dizzying terror, evokes visceral emotion, and pretty much rewrites the deep-focus rulebook, using little more than the contents of my front-right pocket.— Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) March 15, 2018
― Simon H., Thursday, 15 March 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
preview next week!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 March 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
Twitter dude pretty much otm.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
opens in NY tomw
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 March 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
Boring after it turns into a slasher flick
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 02:14 (six years ago) link
Frederik and Bramesco not otm
will I fare better if I love slashers
― Simon H., Tuesday, 20 March 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
Even tedious and tonally muddled ones?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
feel like Soderbergh tried to semi-retreat to do things in a workmanlike way but people keep trying to figure out what angle he's playing
in the center of the just-off middlebrow target he's been hitting you get the impression he's trying to find a good project, or at least enjoys honing his craft
― mh, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
one of the writers of unsane is my FB friend and i kinda thought he was an ilxor. but maybe he isn't. i don't know how i know him.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
one of (JG) is a music critic who wrote for sp1n, it seems.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
one of them
I wondered if it was the same Bernstein!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
It's not 'workmanlike', it's vibrantly experimental, and people enjoy it because of the newness, energy and joy in the aesthetics. And yeah, it's weird that it's coming from an old pro who've just fallen in love with new toys, but that's what it is.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
ah yeah, I didn't mean this new project -- just the impression he's retreated in some way, or has pretended to retire/retreat a few times because he'd rather have less scrutiny on his works as _his works_
― mh, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
I don't think it's weird for him to use new toys, because that's pretty much what he does in a non-flashy way with every other production
― mh, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
the new toy is his old iPhone, and that part's fine – other than stressing the you-are-there shocks of the nuthouse sequences, it doesn't add appreciably to the verisimilitude of the narrative or whatever
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
Mosaic was* a totally new toy in terms of storytelling*"is," it's still only a month or two old. But I'm only 1/3 of the way through it bcz it's fucking horrible to watch a story on a phone
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
Unsane spoilers to follow:
It's one of the most fascinatingly awful movies I've ever seen. At the beginning it seems like it has some chance at being a decent psychological thriller that paints the for-profit medical industry and the complacency of police and the legal system as the villains. Then it turns out that the actual villain is a psycho murderer, who tortures one victim by sandwiching his head between defibrillator pads, and kills another with a Steven Seagal-style neck break maneuver. The way it gradually escalates the schlock level from moderate to unbearable is really something to see.
― JRN, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link
I like Soderbergh's schlock side. Side Effects and Haywire are two of his best movies IMO. Might need to check this one out.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
from jrn's summary this movie sounds fucking awesome
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
seconded
― mh, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
it's uninterestingly mediocre
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
It's fucking awesome. And the for-profit medical industry is clearly the (co-)villains.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, March 19, 2018 7:14 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah we prob won't agree on this one alfred
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
Slasher flicks = fine
"Soderberg makes okay Cuckoo's Nest knockoff with garrulous slasher denouement" = dud
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 21:11 (six years ago) link
You write that as if it makes sense...
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 21:25 (six years ago) link
Who wouldn't?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 00:30 (six years ago) link
Impressive, at least for a while--up to the first long rubber-room scene--although I was very conscious of all the films it was stealing from: Cuckoo's Next (serendipitous I would see it today), Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby (probably The Tenant, too, which I haven't seen in ages), Get Out, Shock Corridor. I know Soderbergh's proximity to commercial success and getting-films-made has had some wild swings over the years--this is all some metaphor for the film industry, right?
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 April 2018 03:23 (six years ago) link
the climax/coda seemed really haphazard, as if a narrative theme was dropped back in after the fact because someone remembered that angle wasn’t addressed, or there wasn’t a good ending they’d filmed
― alvin noto (mh), Sunday, 15 April 2018 03:33 (six years ago) link
the extreme horizontality of ocean's twelve is a delight to me
― j., Saturday, 23 June 2018 09:15 (five years ago) link
not a single scene above ground level iirc
― topless from 11am (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 23 June 2018 12:54 (five years ago) link
His new one seems to perhaps be Magic Mike for basketball
https://www.filmlinc.org/films/high-flying-bird/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2019 21:04 (five years ago) link
He was on Bill Simmons' podcast and called out Under The Skin as a recent movie that he wished he had made, prompting me to finally watch that freaky-ass movie.
― DJI, Thursday, 31 January 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
It's good!watched Out of Sight as a family last night, everyone enjoyed it.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
yea bill smartly said almost nothing other than like "surprising answer!" as he clearly had no idea what sodes was talking abt
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 31 January 2019 21:24 (five years ago) link
https://deadline.com/2019/01/steven-soderbergh-sundance-slamdance-icon-interview-1202544513/
I found this to be a pretty excellent, lengthy interview.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Thursday, 31 January 2019 21:47 (five years ago) link
of all the people I have interviewed over the years, he was up there with the smartest and most interesting. sort of an eno-esque polymath.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 January 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
Amy Taubin is a fan
https://www.artforum.com/print/201902/amy-taubin-on-steven-soderbergh-s-high-flying-bird-78379
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 February 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
It's really good! By the writer of Moonlight (and it's a better film).
I sat in the row in front of Bill Duke, who has a golden supporting role. SS and Kyle Maclachlan, among others, were in the back but were not part of the Q&A.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 February 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
MacLachlan + Sodes is a deeply satisfying pairing
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Friday, 8 February 2019 04:20 (five years ago) link
he has a scene-stealing moment in the steamroom
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 February 2019 04:23 (five years ago) link
btw if you are not a sports fan, fear not, there is very close to zero playing of basketball in this film
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 February 2019 04:31 (five years ago) link
news I can use
― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Friday, 8 February 2019 04:59 (five years ago) link
opens today in NY/LA (looks great), streams on Netflix
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 February 2019 11:10 (five years ago) link